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i'm gwen ifill. palestinian president mahmoud abbas said there will be no "quick decision" on the future of the middle east peace talks. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, middle east analysts david mckovsky and ghaith al omari assess the situation after the israeli government let a moratorium on settlement construction in the west bank lapse. >> ifill: then ray suarez leads a debate about a new proposal that would allow federal authorities to extend wiretapping to online communications. >> brown: we talk to laura tyson, president clinton's chief economic adviser, the third in our series of conversations on extending the bush-era tax cuts. >> ifill: special correspondent ben barnier reports on the french government's controversial decision to deport gypsies to romania and bulgaria. the rona deportations have been happening quietly for years, they became a hot button political issue when one was killed at a political check point. >> brown: margaret warner gets the details on the
i'm gwen ifill. palestinian president mahmoud abbas said there will be no "quick decision" on the future of the middle east peace talks. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, middle east analysts david mckovsky and ghaith al omari assess the situation after the israeli government let a moratorium on settlement construction in the west bank lapse. >> ifill: then ray suarez leads a debate about a new proposal that would allow federal authorities to extend...
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. >> ifill: i'm gwen ifi. on the nshour tonight, schools, hospitalsnd government buiings have collapsed. we get the latest on t crisis in port-au-prince. >> lehrer: intnational groups e scrambling to send emergen help margaret warner report >> ifill: then, an intview with rajiv shah, the administration offial charged withoordinating the u.s. lief effort. >> lehrer: then, t investigation to the causes of the financiacrisis. kwame hoan covers day one of e hearings. >> ill: and jeffrey brown looks atyber-attacks and censorship--oogle's threat to pull out of ina. >> lehrer: that's all ead on tonight'"pbs newshour." jor funding for the pbs newshour iprovided by: >> what e world needs now is energy. the energy to get the onomy humming again. the energy to tackle challges ke climate chang what if that energy me from an energy company? ery day, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ids-- seeking, teaching, buiing. fueling owth around the world to move us all ahead this is the por of human energy chevron. >> bnsf r
. >> ifill: i'm gwen ifi. on the nshour tonight, schools, hospitalsnd government buiings have collapsed. we get the latest on t crisis in port-au-prince. >> lehrer: intnational groups e scrambling to send emergen help margaret warner report >> ifill: then, an intview with rajiv shah, the administration offial charged withoordinating the u.s. lief effort. >> lehrer: then, t investigation to the causes of the financiacrisis. kwame hoan covers day one of e hearings....
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. >> woodruff: and gwen ifill talks to marcia coyle about today's supreme court arguments over moving inmates out of california's crowded prisons. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the long-awaited pentagon study on the effects of ending "don't ask, don't tell" was released today. it concluded there could be initial disruptions from dropping the ban on gays serving openly in the ranks, but there would be no long-lasting problems. the pentagon study began ten months ago. the question: what happens if congress repeals the policy that forced more than 13,000 personnel to leave the military in the last 17 years. some 115,000 troops responded to a mailed questionnaire. 70% said allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would have positive, mixed or no effect. on the other hand, 30% pr
. >> woodruff: and gwen ifill talks to marcia coyle about today's supreme court arguments over moving inmates out of california's crowded prisons. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you....
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i'm gwen ifill. the house of representatives passed a $26 billion jobs bill in a rare august special session. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, the congressional debate, which focused on public sector jobs, government spending, and election-year politics. >> ifill: then, analysts winslow wheeler and thomas donnelly assess defense secretary gates' plan to slash military spending. >> brown: the first in a series of reports from spencer michels on cyber security. tonight: the safety of the nation's wired infrastructure. >> if you do something in the cyber domain something happens in physical space. this is not just a video game. >> ifill: political editor david chalian on embattled new york democrat charles rangel's unusual and emotional self- defense on the house floor today. >> brown: and we take up the fight over whether an islamic community center, including a mosque, should be built just blocks from the world trade center site. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshou
i'm gwen ifill. the house of representatives passed a $26 billion jobs bill in a rare august special session. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, the congressional debate, which focused on public sector jobs, government spending, and election-year politics. >> ifill: then, analysts winslow wheeler and thomas donnelly assess defense secretary gates' plan to slash military spending. >> brown: the first in a series of reports from spencer michels on cyber...
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. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, the east room ceremony capped a yearlong fight, which continued this afternoon with a senate debate on a companion measure. we get the republican view from arizona senator jon kyl. >> lehrer: plus, what the law means for the nation's uninsured. ray suarez gets an assessment from susan dentzer. >> ifill: then, we look at internet giant google's decision to shut down its china-based search engine. >> lehrer: spencer michels reports on the battle for the republican u.s. senate nomination in california. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown reports on the rift between the u.s. and israel over plans for settlements in east jerusalem. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> lehrer: it was a day of triumph for the president and his party as the sweeping health reform bill was signed into law. ray suarez begins our coverage. >> suarez: democrats descended on the white house this morning to watch history made. ( ch
. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, the east room ceremony capped a yearlong fight, which continued this afternoon with a senate debate on a companion measure. we get the republican view from arizona senator jon kyl. >> lehrer: plus, what the law means for the nation's uninsured. ray suarez gets an assessment from susan dentzer. >> ifill: then, we look at internet giant google's decision to shut down its china-based search engine. >> lehrer: spencer...
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earlier this evening, gwen ifill talked with free-lance reporter kathy klarreich. she's been covering the haiti story for abc news and the "christian science monitor." >> ifill: we heard today of presidents clinton and bush visiting port-au-prince. we want to know what it is they want to do and how they were received. >> for the people that knew they were coming, which i can't say was the majority of the population, i think the visit went really well. they had a press conference in the national palace. and then they went across the street and visited a few people who are living in a tent camp there. and then i think they went to a pre-fab factory that is putting together some of these transitional houses for people who are living in the tent camps. >> ifill: when we talk about things like these shelter challenges, president clinton said he would like to make sure that all the aid groups are on the same page. how is that going right now? >> the people who are in charge of the shelter cluster which is part of the united nations are very pleased to say that they've go
earlier this evening, gwen ifill talked with free-lance reporter kathy klarreich. she's been covering the haiti story for abc news and the "christian science monitor." >> ifill: we heard today of presidents clinton and bush visiting port-au-prince. we want to know what it is they want to do and how they were received. >> for the people that knew they were coming, which i can't say was the majority of the population, i think the visit went really well. they had a press...